Religious Liberty Commission hears testimony of religious freedom concerns in military — By: Catholic News Agency

The Trump administration’s Religious Liberty Commission meets in Washington, D.C., on Monday, June 16, 2025 / Credit: Tessa Gervasini/CNA CNA Staff, Dec 11, 2025 / 11:05 am (CNA). The White House’s Religious Liberty Commission held its fourth hearing on Dec. 10, focusing on reports of the suppression of the right to religious freedom in the…

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Poll: 70% of American Catholics view Pope Leo XIV favorably, only 4% unfavorably — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful in Piazza della Libertà in August, 2025. / Credit: Marco Iacobucci Epp/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 11, 2025 / 12:00 pm (CNA). More than two-thirds of American Catholic voters have a favorable opinion of Pope Leo XIV during the first year of his pontificate, and only a tiny percentage…

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Poll: Majority of U.S. Catholics support death penalty despite Catechism — By: Catholic News Agency

Death penalty. / California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Wikipedia CC 2.0. Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 11, 2025 / 13:00 pm (CNA). A majority of Catholic voters in the United States support the death penalty for convicted murderers in spite of the Catechism of the Catholic Church calling capital punishment “inadmissible,” according to a poll…

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Top health officials delayed abortion pill safety review, report claims  — By: Catholic News Agency

Pro-life advocates are calling for action as top federal health officials deny reports that they are delaying a promised safety review of the abortion pill.  / Credit: Yta23/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 10, 2025 / 18:30 pm (CNA). Pro-life advocates are calling for action as top federal health officials deny reports that they are delaying a…

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Rights group hails release of 100 children abducted from Nigerian Catholic school — By: Catholic News Agency

Empty beds in a student dormitory at St Mary’s Catholic School in the Kontagora Diocese.on Nov. 21, 2025. / Credit: Bishop Bulus Dauwa Yohanna ACI Africa, Dec 10, 2025 / 19:10 pm (CNA). Christian Solidarity Worldwide, a UK-based human rights organization, has welcomed the release of 100 schoolchildren, who were among 303 children abducted on…

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